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Sunday September 25, 2005 · 7:32 PM PDT

2005/09/25 · 19:32

We have all seen the SUSA's monthly state by state Bush Approval polls. I just thought we all would appreciate looking at it in blue-red graphic form.

This one's for all those evil wingnuts who mocked us with glee following both the 2000 and 2004 elections, showing us county maps of the United States. "Look, it's all red!!!" And I would say, "Yes, except in places where people actually live, where it's blue."

Well now look at the map. The entire country, save a few backwards states where they believe the sun revolves around the Earth and Bush is Christ himself, is blue.

The Red states represent the states where Bush's Approval numbers are greater than his Disapproval numbers, giving him a positive Net Approval. Utah leads the pack at 63% Approve, 36% Disapprove, for a Net of +27%. Idaho follows at 57%40%+17%, then Nebraska (+13%), Mississippi* (+12%), Wyoming (+11%), Alabama (+7%), Texas (+7%), Louisiana* (+5%), North Dakota (+5%), Oklahoma (+5%), Alaska (+1%), & Montana (+1%). In all, there are twelve states where Bush's Approval beats his Disapproval, and only the top ten of those where Bush's Approval tops 50%.

*And this is polling as of Sept. 5th, when many people were unreachable by phone in Mississippi and Louisiana, and it's far too early to tell the effect of Bush's slow reaction to Katrina. So I can't wait until the October numbers are out.

Best of all, when you look deeply at the tracking for those twelve remaining Red states, Bush's Net Approval is in decline over the last month in all of them except Utah, Oklahoma, Alaska, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Only 5 Red states where Bush has gotten more popular between August and September... and two of those states have yet to be polled post-Katrina.

Think about THAT for a second. How fucked up are those states? Can we make them leave the union?

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